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Ebone4rock
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USA
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 Posted - 05/13/2010 : 10:53:57
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Here is why.
He is Immortal. He has alluded to having known Cleopatra, Julius Ceasar and Mark Twain just to name a few.
He is omnipotent. He can make anything happen.
He tries to teach his guests a life lesson through their fantasies.
He is a bit twisted. He seems to get a kick out of his guests being put in danger.
Whenever Tatoo says " Thank God" Mr. Rourke gets a grin on his face and replies " Thank God indeed!".
He lives in paradise.(Heaven?)
He has a cool little buddy to hang around with.
Chicks dig him.
Thoughts?
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Haole with heart, thats all I'll ever be. I'm not a part of the North Shore society. Stuck on the shoulder, that's where you'll find me. Digging for scraps with the kooks in line. -Offspring |
Edited by - Ebone4rock on 05/14/2010 05:37:23
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
USA
6891 Posts |
 Posted - 05/13/2010 : 11:24:23 [Permalink]
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His character was (among other things) a rather unsubtle metaphor for divine influence, yes.
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Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong.
-- Thomas Jefferson
"god :: the last refuge of a man with no answers and no argument." - G. Carlin
Hope, n.
The handmaiden of desperation; the opiate of despair; the illegible signpost on the road to perdition. ~~ da filth |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 05/13/2010 : 23:26:31 [Permalink]
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| Okay, at extreme risk of demonstrating my ignorance of politics, religious affairs, or TV/movie showings: Who the f**k is Rourke? |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9688 Posts |
Posted - 05/14/2010 : 04:18:29 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by HalfMooner
Okay, at extreme risk of demonstrating my ignorance of politics, religious affairs, or TV/movie showings: Who the f**k is Rourke?
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He's the man who did what every 20-year old horny male Swede wanted to do in 1987: bonk Lisa Bonet.
Edited to add link:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092563/
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Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
Dr. Mabuse whisper.mp3
"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse
Support American Troops in Iraq:
Send them unarmed civilians for target practice..
Collateralmurder. |
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Ebone4rock
SFN Regular
USA
894 Posts |
Posted - 05/14/2010 : 04:24:49 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by HalfMooner
Okay, at extreme risk of demonstrating my ignorance of politics, religious affairs, or TV/movie showings: Who the f**k is Rourke?
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He's one cool guy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_Island |
Haole with heart, thats all I'll ever be. I'm not a part of the North Shore society. Stuck on the shoulder, that's where you'll find me. Digging for scraps with the kooks in line. -Offspring |
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Ebone4rock
SFN Regular
USA
894 Posts |
Posted - 05/14/2010 : 04:30:11 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse
Originally posted by HalfMooner
Okay, at extreme risk of demonstrating my ignorance of politics, religious affairs, or TV/movie showings: Who the f**k is Rourke?
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He's the man who did what every 20-year old horny male Swede wanted to do in 1987: bonk Lisa Bonet.
Edited to add link:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092563/
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Wrong Rourke. |
Haole with heart, thats all I'll ever be. I'm not a part of the North Shore society. Stuck on the shoulder, that's where you'll find me. Digging for scraps with the kooks in line. -Offspring |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
 Posted - 05/14/2010 : 04:43:27 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse
Originally posted by HalfMooner
Okay, at extreme risk of demonstrating my ignorance of politics, religious affairs, or TV/movie showings: Who the f**k is Rourke?
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He's the man who did what every 20-year old horny male Swede wanted to do in 1987: bonk Lisa Bonet.
Edited to add link:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092563/
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Not only Swedes, and not just 20 year olds, either.
Yum!
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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The Rat
SFN Regular
Canada
1370 Posts |
Posted - 05/14/2010 : 05:32:17 [Permalink]
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| I've often thought that the show's concept was excellent, but would have been much better handled by British television. American TV tends toward the schmalzy, no offense intended. |
Bailey's second law; There is no relationship between the three virtues of intelligence, education, and wisdom.
You fiend! Never have I encountered such corrupt and foul-minded perversity! Have you ever considered a career in the Church? - The Bishop of Bath and Wells, Blackadder II
Baculum's page: http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=3947338590 |
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Ebone4rock
SFN Regular
USA
894 Posts |
Posted - 05/14/2010 : 05:36:15 [Permalink]
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| Oops. I just realized I spelled his name wrong. It's Roarke. |
Haole with heart, thats all I'll ever be. I'm not a part of the North Shore society. Stuck on the shoulder, that's where you'll find me. Digging for scraps with the kooks in line. -Offspring |
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Machi4velli
SFN Regular
USA
854 Posts |
Posted - 05/15/2010 : 01:53:00 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by The Rat
schmalzy |
Ty for new word of the day  |
"Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people."
-Giordano Bruno
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge."
-Stephen Hawking
"Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable"
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 05/15/2010 : 04:42:27 [Permalink]
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Well, I'm still unsure who the f Roarke is, but Lisa Bonet I recognize from the execrable Angel Heart, from which depressing pile of crap she clearly stood out.
Edited to add: I'd missed the original reference to Tattoo, which was a giveaway for the Fantasy Island Roarke. I'd watched a few episodes, but found it generally too simplistic and corny (or "schmaltzy," as The Rat put it). The Brits would (and did) do it rather differently, indeed: The Prisoner. |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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Mr. Roarke is God. (edited to fix misspelled name)
